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UNITED STATES v. MASSEY

No. 78-1463.

594 F.2d 676 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Carl MASSEY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 12, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark W. Peterson, Minneapolis, Minn., argued and on brief, for appellant.

Thorwald H. Anderson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn. (argued), Andrew W. Danielson, U. S. Atty., and William M. Orth, Legal Intern., Minneapolis, Minn., on brief, for appellee.

Before LAY, HEANEY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.

LAY, Circuit Judge.

Carl Massey was convicted of bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2113(a) and (d), receiving a sentence of 12 years. On appeal Massey challenges (1) the sufficiency of the evidence and (2) the prejudicial effect of testimony elicited by the trial court and the prosecutor's closing argument, relating to the use of microscopic hair comparisons in terms of statistical probabilities. We find that the evidence was sufficient to sustain...

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